Question

A model originally applied to one form of this behavior includes a parameter a that represents searching efficiency and was developed by Nicholson and Bailey. Instances of one form of this behavior are more likely to occur between closely related species according to Emery’s rule. A namesake form of castration and micropredation are two of the six major strategies of this behavior. Sexual reproduction may have evolved as a response to this behavior according (10[1])to the Red Queen hypothesis. The (-5[1])mafia (-5[1])hypothesis proposes that threat of retaliation leads to acceptance of cuckoos laying their eggs in other nests, (10[2])which is a classic example of this behavior’s (10[2])“brood” form. For 10 points, name this form of symbiosis in which the namesake organism benefits at the expense of its host. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: parasitism [or parasitic behavior or parasites; accept brood parasitism or social parasitism or kleptoparasitism; accept parasitoids or parasitoidism; prompt on symbiosis until read]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ACentral Oklahoma7310
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriMississippi State79-5
Brynn JonesOregon StateOle Miss80-5
Zaid Asif (D2)NYU BMcGill E9710
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU ATexas C9710
Hayden Webb (D2)ArkansasTexas B10510
Bryce Cruise (D2)Texas AColorado College10510
Dylan Randall (D2)Ole MissOregon State12710
Matthew RobinsonMississippi StateMissouri12810
Brielle Rach (D2)IowaTexas D12810

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%83.67
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y8100%0%50%110.38
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%33%91.67
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%43%102.43
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%25%107.50
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%67%98.67
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y11100%0%9%89.36